Breast glands and salivary glands are tubulo-acinar exocrine glands that can manifest as
tumours with similar morphological features, but that differ in incidence and clinical …

Seventeen cases of granular cell tumor (GCT) of the breast are reviewed. The demographics
and clinical features are reviewed and the radiologic and pathologic features as well as the …

This 2004 volume in the World Health Organization series on histologic and genetic typing
of human tumors covers tumors of the kidney, urinary system, prostate, testis and …

Epigenetic modification in the nuclear genome plays a key role in human tumorigenesis. In
this paper, we investigated whether changes in the mtDNA copy number frequently reported …

Warburg proposed that cancer originates from irreversible injury to mitochondrial oxidative
phosphorylation (mtOXPHOS), which leads to an increase rate of aerobic glycolysis in most …

The pathological differential diagnosis between breast ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and
invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) is of pivotal importance for determining optimum cancer …

A prominent role for mitochondrial genes and metabolism has been recently characterized
in oncocytic transformation of cancer cells. From mitochondrial ultrastructure alterations to …

Granular cell tumour of the breast (GCTB) is a rare tumour which arises from Schwann cells.
It is a largely benign tumour but in extremely rare cases can exhibit malignant …

Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) has been the technique of choice over the last 10
years for mapping DNA copy number changes in human tumors. Here we review the …

Salivary gland like tumours of the breast constitute a wide spectrum of entities each one
showing peculiar features and clinical behaviour. They can be subdivided as follows:(1) …